Family tree Johnson » Rolla Smith Steele (1875-1953)
Personal data Rolla Smith Steele
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5- He was born on November 10, 1875 in Eldora, Hardin, Iowa, United States.Sources 2, 3, 4, 5
- Resident:
- in the year 1880: Eldora, Hardin, Iowa, United States.Source 2
- in the year 1920: Alden, Hardin, Iowa, USA.Source 5
- on January 1, 1925: Winnebago, Iowa.Source 3
- in the year 1930: Ledyard, Kossuth, Iowa, USA.Source 4
- He died on January 12, 1953 in Lakota, Kossuth, Iowa, United States, he was 77 years old.
- A child of Isaac Carson Steele and Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Blair
Household of Rolla Smith Steele
He is married to Cora Ann Baker.
They got married on December 10, 1902 at Lake Park, Dickinson, Iowa, United States, he was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
- Ralph Steele 1903-1971
- Hazel Steele ± 1905-1994
- Goldie Louise Steele 1906-1991
- Verne Steele 1907-1907
- Bessie Leona Steele 1908-1998
- Raymond Steele 1910-1966
- Ralph Steele ± 1910-
- Isaac Steele ± 1912-
- Iva Steele 1912-1982
- Rollie Steele 1913-1974
- Alva Steele 1915-1989
Notes about Rolla Smith Steele
Birth: 1875Death: 1953
Rollie Steele was born on November 10, 1875, at Eldora, Iowa, the son of Isaac and Eliza Steele.
He grew up around Eldora and on December 10, 1902 he was married to Cora Baker at Lake Park.
Cora was born on Sept.ember 14, 1883 at Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Robert and Louisa Baker.
Rollie and Cora lived a short time by Lake Park, then moved to Eldora where they farmed .
Around 1918 they moved to a farm southeast of Buffalo Center; some years later they moved near Ledyard, and then moved to a farm west of Lakota.
In 1951 they retired from farming and moved to the edge of Lakota.
They were the parents of;
Ralph,Hazel, Goldie,Bessie, Raymond,Robert,Iva, Rollie Jr., Elvie and Vernie(who died in infancy).
They were married 51 years before Rollie passed away on Jan. 12, 1953, from cancer and heart attack.
Cora passed away on Feb. 28, 1954, from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Year: 1880; Census Place: Eldora, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 343; Family History Film: 1254343; Page: 452B; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 0200 / Ancestry.com
- Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ledyard, Kossuth, Iowa; Roll: 663; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0026; Image: 333.0; FHL microfilm: 2340398 / Ancestry.com
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Alden, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 179; Image: 629 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday November 10, 1875
- The temperature on November 10, 1875 was about 11.1 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
- March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
- May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
- May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
- September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
- October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
Day of marriage December 10, 1902
- The temperature on December 10, 1902 was between -7.0 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
- January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
- January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
- April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
- July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
- December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death January 12, 1953
- The temperature on January 12, 1953 was between -5.2 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
- January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
- May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
- June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
- August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
- August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
- November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
Same birth/death day
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- 1873 » Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer († 1949)
- 1874 » Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter († 1954)
- 1878 » Cy Morgan, American baseball player († 1962)
- 1879 » Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising († 1916)
- 1879 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator († 1931)
- 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
- 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
- 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
- 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
- 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
- 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
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